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- We get back into the swing of things with a pancake dinner. We were able to get some groceries last night - mostly staples and fruit. With a pantry approaching full capacity, we enjoy buttermilk pancakes (with wheat germ, of course) and some fruit smoothies. |
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- Die Zeit porträtiert den britischen Economist als das «Blatt der globalen Führungsschicht»: Die Zeit: Liberal bis in die letzte Zeile... |
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Sex Crimes! (Feb 26 2004 23:59 GMT) - Perversion for Profit linking pornography to the Communism Citizens for Decent Literature: Sex Bad, violence Good! I just thought this would be cool to revisit in light of the Mel Gibson, Orson Scott Card Debates. Intersting what They shppw as to show you what YOU should not be looking at. Maybe (NSFW, maybe just NSF-Sanity) |
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- Hihoken - Erotic Museums In Japan [NSFW, obviously] |
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- CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - Software is the engine that makes the IT industry run, and developers will need to adapt as the world of computer science changes over the next several years, said Bill Gates, chief software architect at Microsoft Corp., in a speech to students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Thursday. |
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- Would anybody like to weigh in on the L.A. concert...so far, I can't find any reviews of it at all....... |
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- 老兄:你真的忘了是啥 ... ‹full story› |
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- 老兄:你真的忘了是啥 ... ‹full story› |
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- The slide decks from the recent WS-Eventing workshop have just been posted on MSDN. |
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- Philips has introduced two new handsets at 3GSM World Congress, the Philips 759 and 755 mobile phones have integrated VGA cameras, 7MB memory and a 128x160 TFT colour screen. The cool thing about devi... |
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- In October of 1995 when we visited Leeanne McGrath at her southwest suburban home we found her garage and even her living room filled with an overflow of donations to be distributed to organizations serving the needy. She called the effort Sharing Connections. |
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- Thanks to the disturbingly titled Food is worse than crack blog, I found this study in Canada's Globe and Mail. I'm not surprised that kids are getting fatter. You can see it everywhere. See my earlier post on 'kids meals'... |
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- From UsabilityIdeas: Main.PeterThoeny: Can you please rename this topic to UpdateAttachmentsDontWorkAsExp as this fits better? Change file uploads so that selecting ... |
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hahaha: (Feb 26 2004 23:57 GMT) - Wer anspruchsberechtigt ist, hat vor allem folgenden Vorteil: Bei der Ich-AG prüft das Arbeitsamt nicht, ob die Geschäftsidee sinnvoll ist. (stand so bei google) |
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- On a ride today, from bustling Kenmore, at the northern end of Lake Washington, to Marymoor Park, at the northern... |
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- Joia Shillingford in the Guardian reports on a fashion show held at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes.From the article."Among the fashionable items on the catwalk was a jacket that can change according to your mood. Feeling psychedelic? Just send a text to transmit a psychedelic image to the display panel on the jacket. |
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- The University of Maryland will host the Internet Commons Congress on 24-25 March. There are 60 speakers representing dozens of projects and initiatives from VoIP and P2P to digital divide and Internet tax moratoriums to free software and open scholarship. Registration is FREE! (Thanks Daniel!)The question of who owns the Internet seems in the same category as who owns the oceans or who owns outer space. |
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- The construction site for the St. Regis Museum Tower in San Francisco, resembles many other downtown projects but for several months, perched on a crane high above the work in progress, is a wireless hub.Webcor Builders have created a wireless network so that engineers and crews can instantly view blueprints and coordinate projects. Wi-Fi catches on at construction sites |
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- British Telecom(BT) has recently announced that it would provide wireless internet access in 80 British Airways lounges around the globe within the next few months while last month, T-Mobile began offering Wi-Fi service at the Cologne-Bonn Airport. Since December, passengers have been able to log on at Budapest's Ferihegy Airport the International Herald Tribune reports.A senior analyst at the market research company IDC,Evelien Wiggers is quoted as saying "Last year the main airports got it, and now it is going to the lesser airports," In a recent report, she estimated that the number of public wireless Internet access points, or hot spots, increased from just more than 1,000 in Europe at the end of 2002 to 7,000 by last October. Over the same period, the number of airport hot spots doubled, from 54 to 118. High time for Wi-Fi at airports in Europe |
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- Len from the UNC team says: "A really cool example of a reputation system can be found at expertcentral.com The site allows users to ask questions to a volunteer on the website in virtually any category you can think of. I was able to find a volunteer through the history link that claimed to have specific knowledge and expertise on 19th Century Chinese History. You can choose from categories like Parenting/Family, to Money, to Comedy or even Teens. |
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- Bloggo is a blog for an RSS reader for WAP phones. (Thanks, Jim!)Bloggo is an RSS feed reader for WAP 2.0-capable phones. If that sentence makes you choke, try this one: |
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- According to an article to be published by New Scientist on February 28, First robot moved by muscle power, a microrobot half the width of a human hair has been powered by living rat heart muscle. "It is the first time muscle tissue has been used to propel a micromachine." Carlos Montemagno, from the University of California at Los Angeles, who created the 'musclebot', wants to use the technology to help paralyzed people to breathe without a ventilator. And NASA, who helped funding the research, hopes that battalions of these 'musclebots' could one day help maintain spacecraft by plugging holes made by micrometeorites. The device is an arch of silicon 50 micrometres wide. |
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- Another creative way of using camera phones and text messaging that was too obvious to not be done. Students are using camera phones to secretly ask colleagues for help on tests. Students can send silent questions and answers to one another, right under teachers' noses, on cell phones with built-in cameras and text messaging. (Via Contra Costa Times)Jan Bunten, a math teacher at College Park High in Pleasant Hill, was shocked last fall when a student showed her a picture on his cell phone of a test question sent to him by a friend in another class. She has heard of students taking pictures of tests and posting them on the Internet. |
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- "Either through the UN or on our own, we must do the right thing." Priceless.... |
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- Get ready for the hottest pee sex pictures! These girls love to pee in your mouth or you can pee in theirs.... |
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- Business News: Aussie co. sees revs soar Contributions from its 50% stakes in "The Matrix Reloaded," "The Matrix Revolutions" and "Mystic River" gave Village Roadshow's production arm a boost in the six months ended Dec. 31. |
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- Obituaries: Singer, played Judas in 'Jesus Christ Superstar' Obituary |
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- Business News: Williams leaving net Comcast has promoted Gavin Harvey from exec VP of marketing and brand director for E! Entertainment TV Networks to president and CEO of the Outdoor Life Network. |
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- TV News: Exec will head program development and prod'n Nickelodeon has upped senior VP Marjorie Cohn to exec VP of development and original programming. |
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- Music News: Co-creator of soul music label Stax Estelle Axton, who created with her brother the soul music label that launched the careers of Otis Redding, Rufus Thomas, Booker T. & the MG's and many other Memphis soul legends, died Tuesday at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. She was 85. |
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Rod Stewart (Feb 26 2004 23:57 GMT) - Music Reviews: The problem with trying to keep one foot in each of two worlds is that even the slightest shift can send you sprawling. And while Rod Stewart has grown increasingly adept at straddling rock myth and neo-Vegas crooning, the first night of his Gotham stint showcased some of the pitfalls in such a balancing act. |
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The Pagans (Feb 26 2004 23:57 GMT) - Legit Reviews: Helmed with a fine sense of pacing and character detail by Scott Cummins, the cathartic doings of the Riordan family of County Clare are brought to vivid life by an eight-member ensemble, led by Taylor Gilbert's deeply moving portrayal of family matriarch Margaret. |
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- Music Reviews: Shirley Horn can always be counted upon to pack more meaning and nuance into a lyric with the subtlest of gestures than just about anyone in jazz. And, despite some recent arduous times, she still does, even more so than ever. |
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- TV Reviews: Novel technique props up at least half this Natalie Wood biopic; by having associates and friends offer testimonials to her state of mind and alternately closeted and carefree ways -- and with actual news footage added -- director Peter Bogdanovich has found a way to develop a level of realism not usually found in "based on a life" telepics. |
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- Film News: World Brief "Spider-Man 2," the sequel to the top-grossing pic in Mexico, will bow on a record 1,500 screens here on July 2, day and date with its U.S. launch. |
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- Business News: SEC alleges exec manipulated stock price In the latest blow to TV Azteca's financial credibility, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against Mexican businessman Moises Saba Masri for alleged price manipulation of the broadcaster's stock. |
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- TV News: U.K. web shopping for TV smashes The new program honcho at Blighty's Channel 4 is turning up the heat in the hunt for new U.S. |
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- Film News: UFA to acuire minority stake Nico Hofmann, head of Berlin-based production outfit Teamworx, is stepping in as creative head of Trebitsch Produktion Holding, replacing CEO Katharina Trebitsch. |
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- Film News: Film org backs console follow-up The Norwegian Film Fund has for the first time subsidized the development of computer games, allocating about $200,000 to Funcom's "Dream Fall" and $100,000 to Minimedia's "The Kids on the Block." |
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